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UNITED STATES CYRILL KRALIGEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMATIC ORGAN Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed October 22, 1919. Serial No. 332,417.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CYRILL KRALIEEK, a cltizen of Czechoslovakia,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Organs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has as its object to provide an orchestrion 'gramophone,the same being comprised of a lurality of cylindrical records upon whicare recorded independently the sounds from different musicalinstruments, such as are used in an orchestra, all of the severalrecords being timed and operated to produce collectivel the result of acomplete orchestra, each 0 the records having its independent sound boxand tone arm by which the volume and timbre of the music is directedoutwardly.

A further object is to provide anu'nstrument in which string musicalinstruments of the violin, viola, and contrabass types are actuated inconnection with those of the wood-wind type as the flute, oboe, bassoonand clarinet, and further combined with brass instruments, as the horn,trumpet and trombone, together with the percussive instruments ascymbals, triangle, tympani, and drum type, each sounding in accordancewith proper orchestra effects in a novel manner.

A still further object is to provide an instrument in which groups orseries of records may be placed so that any of the groups may be broughtinto registration with the sound reproducingmeans and then operatedautomatically as may be required.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which-Figure 1 is a front elevational view showing an instrument made inaccordance with the invention.

7 Fig. 2 is 'aside elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken in another plane andindicating the application of electric power.

Fig. is an enlarged fragmentary rear sectional view.

Fig. 5 is a partial vertical sectional view showing the front of theinstrument, the cover piate being removed and,

Fig. 6 is a still further enlarged fragmental side elevational view ofthe sound box, parts being broken away in order to show theconstruction.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 indicates an u rightrectangular casing, resembling in orm part of an organ and provided withan extension 11 at the front ornamented in any desired manner, the opentop being surrounded by an ornamental molding 12, as usual in casings ofthis type of construction.

Revolubly mounted in the lower base portion of the casing is a shaft 15having attached to one .of its extending ends a crank handle 16, thesame being provided with the detents 17 adapted to engage any of theopenings 18 formed centrally in disks 19 at the end of the casing.

Mounted within the casing, on the shaft 15 are a pair of spider-likeheads 20 formed .with disks 21 arranged in equally spaced relationaround the heads and centered in the disks are spindles 22 havingsecured upon them gears 23 by which they may each be independentlyactuated.

These gears are moved individually into mesh with a gear 24 fixed upon aspindle 25 which also carries a driving pulley 26, over which is traineda belt 27, driven by a pulley 28 fixed upon the motor shaft 29 of themotor 30, the same resting upon the bottom of the casing and adapted tobe operated by lead wires 31 and 32 from a battery-33, or

other source of'electrical power. when the push button 34. is depressedencirculting the motor with the battery.

A gear 36 is also in mesh with the gear 24 so as to be actuated by itwhen the motor is operating, the gear 36 communicating motion to a worm37 journaled in bearings 38 extending inward from the walls of thecasing, the length of the Worm being relative to the length of theindividual record cylinders 4C0, engaged upon the spindles 22 which arerotated by the gears 23.

Engageable with the worm 37 is a toothed block 42 carried on the extremeupper end of a rod 43 passing upward through the coiled compressionspring 44: fixed in the turned, outwardly extending arm 46 passingthrough a slot 47 at the side of the casing and provided with an actuati48 by which the block 42 may be removed from engagement with the wormand moved longitudinally so as to renga e with either end thereof'whendesired. fihe casing 45 rests upon the support 49 and pivotally securedto the casing 45 is a lever'53 in such manner as the knob is pulled inone direction' as to convey a correspondingbut opposite movement of thebar 50.

Pins 51 set in the bar 50 are operatively engaged in the lower, smallerdownturned end of a plurality of curved conical tone arms 55 arran ed inthe upper portion of the casing. aving'their open upper ends arrangedin'a horizontal plane and extended rotatably through a plurality ofopenings 56 at the upper portion of the casing, the arms being ofdifierent diameter and magnitude according to the-instrument representedby the record, the sound of which is communicated outwardly.

The extreme lower ends of the sound arms 55, below the pins 51, areprovided with curved seats 57 against which the rear upturned ends 58 ofthe sound box arms 59 make contact, the same being engaged by hollowplugs 60 entering the arms 55 and held therein by lugs through which.pass pivot pins 62.

The front end of the sound arms 59 have secured in them diaphragms 63,in contact with which are the needles 64 their projecting endsbeingadapted to engage with the grooves of the record cylinders as best shownin Fig. 3.

The levers rest upon the upper surface of the cylinders by gravity aloneand obviously, as the records are rotated, the sound reproduced by thecontact of the needles with the diaphragms is conveyed outwardl throughthe horns 55, the needles and head: being moved by the operation of theworm 34a in unison with the rotation of the recor s.

In operation, each of the several records 40 has nscribed upon it thesound produced by a musical instrument,'such as one of the instrumentsused in an orchestra, the same being so timed and alined with successiverecords, that when played as to produce an unbroken whole, giving atimbre and volume of sound not possible to attain by records into'whichhas b en played a complete orchestra.

The playing is under controlof the push button 35 which causes the motorto be energear in also for the series of records at that time rotatingin an uppermost position so that disposed the sounds recorded upon themare given forth.

In order to change from one series or groups to another the extendingknob 48 is depressed, disengaging the block 42 from rea ers the worm,the blockbeing then drawn outwardly so as to engage with the end of theworm; the detent 17 is then retracted, pers mitting the crank- 16 to berotated so as to bring another of the series of records into playlngposition, locked by engaging the detents with any of theseveral-openings-l8, thus allowing any of the records to be replayed asdesired.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a novel device for playing aplurality of independent but harmonically related or orchestrionatedrecords has been disclosed whereby effects of an unusual nature may beattained. Having thus described my inventionwhat I claim as new anddesire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

l. in an orchestrion gramophone, the combination with a casing, aplurality of horns pivotally engaged in said casing, said horns openingoutward, sound boxes pivotally engaged at the lower ends of said horns,a cylindrical record on which each of said sound boxes is adapted torest, each of saidrecords carrying the sound from a separate instrumentof music, means for rotating said records and means for actuating saidsound boxes coincidentally therewith.

In an orchestrion gramophone, the

combination'with ,an upright casing, a plurality of horns ,.pivotally anaged at their outer ends in said casing an opening outward therefrom,sound boxes pivotally engaged at the lower ends of each of said horns, ashaft mounted longitudinally in the base of said casing, a pair ofheadsactuated by said shaft, spindles rotatable in said heads, a plurality ofrecords disposed on said spindle side by side, each of said recordsbeing inscribed by a single instrument distinct from another and adaptedwhen assembled to' produce the tone volume and sound of the I combinedinstruments, and

means for rotating said shaft whereby any of the several series ofrecords may be brought into engagement with said sound boxes. 1 v 3. Inan orchestrion gramophone, the combination with an upright hollowcasing, a shaft centered therein, heads carried by said shaft, spindlesarranged in spaced parallel relation in said heads, a plurality ofrecords engageableon said spindles in series representing a completepiece of music, each 0 single musical instrument, means for rotatingsaid shaft whereby any of said series may be brought intooperation, amotor in said casing, means for actuatlng said motor,

a worm driven by said motor, a threaded head'engageable with said worm,means for driving each of said spindles from said motor, a plurality ofcurved horns rotatably engaged at their outer ends in said casing,adapted to deliver volume of sound outsaidrecords presenting the soundfrom a inc ward, connections between said horns and said worm wherebythey are moved 111- um- -son with the record, tone arms pivotallyengaged at the lower ends of said horn, and sound boxes combined withsaid tone arms, said sound boxes being adapted to rest by gravity uponthe surface of said records,

from said casing.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

CYRILL KRALICEK.

